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Coronavirus-Related News from UC San Diego Health
10/21/2020
San Diego Union Tribune
Features Davey Smith, MD
10/19/2020
Washington Post
Features Davey Smith, MD
10/19/2020
USA Today
Features UC San Diego Health
10/19/2020
ABC News
Features Lawrence Goldstein, PhD
10/19/2020
Labmate Online
Features Lori Daniels, MD
10/19/2020
San Diego Union Tribune
Features Mark Sawyer, MD
10/19/2020
CBS 8
Features Amina Sheik Mohamed, MPH, and Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
10/19/2020
KPBS
Features UC San Diego Health
10/1/2020
UC San Diego Health will be a test site for a third, major Phase III clinical trial to assess a vaccine candidate for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Sponsored by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, ...
10/1/2020
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with local partners, have been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to impleme ...
9/23/2020
Analyzing anonymized patient medical records, UC San Diego researchers discovered that cholesterol-lowering statins reduced risk of severe COVID-19 infection, while lab experiments uncovered a cellula ...
9/17/2020
A consortium of 12 health systems, led by UC San Diego Health, introduces COVID19questions.org, a site where clinicians, researchers, patients and the general public are invited to submit questions th ...
9/16/2020
Early detection and intervention stanched the first known introductions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into North America and Europe, validating the effectiveness of quick, comprehensive testing and contact ...
9/15/2020
UC San Diego researchers discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can’t grab hold of cell receptor ACE2 without a carbohydrate called heparan sulfate, which is also found on lung cell surfaces — disruptin ...
9/11/2020
Today, California approved a new voluntary pilot program that uses Apple and Google smartphone technology to help rapidly control COVID-19 outbreaks. The program will launch on the campus of UC San Di ...
9/2/2020
UC San Diego Health will be part of the Phase III national AstraZeneca clinical trial that will recruit up to 30,000 participants at multiple sites across the country to assess the safety and efficacy ...